It was her putter and she had to use it way too often. The Florence Huskies senior couldn't buy a break on the greens.

The lone Florence qualifier finished her state tournament in the middle of the pack Tuesday. Ireland shot a 25-over 97 in the final round of the Class 4A state golf tournament at Pueblo Country Club.

"Putting was a little bit more challenging today," she said. "... I just couldn't catch a break — I hit every hole, but it either lipped out or went right over the edge of the cup."

Ireland's two-day score was a 45-over par. She finished in a tie for 37th place out of the 85 golfers.

Silver Creek senior Erin Sargent won the tournament. Her combined score was a six-over during the event. She was followed by Colorado Academy's Caroline Jordaan (seven-over) and Air Academy's Kelsey McKenna (13-over).

Many three-putts reared their heads during Ireland's round. Her worst hole Monday, No. 14, didn't give her issues Tuesday, until she reached the green. She scored a nine on Monday due to mis-hitting her hybrid. She trimmed that to a six Tuesday, but she still suffered a three-putt on the hole.

"Some days the hole looks like the size of a trash can, and other days it looks like the size of a thimble," Ford said. "Today, it looked like a thimble.

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"From tee to green she played all right, she just couldn't buy a putt, and then she just putted too often a lot of times. She had a lot of three-putts today."

Ireland made six pars in the opening round compared to just two in the final round.

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